Riot Platforms, a major Bitcoin mining company, faced a 43% drop in revenue due to the recent Bitcoin halving, which cut mining rewards by half. In response to this, Riot opened a new mining facility in Corsicana, Texas, to offset the impact of reduced rewards.
Decline in Mining Rewards
The Bitcoin halving on April 20 halved the mining rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. This significant reduction has directly affected the mining industry’s revenue.
Riot’s Strategic Response
Anticipating the revenue drop, Riot preplanned an infrastructure upgrade to maintain its Bitcoin production levels post-halving. In May, the company launched a new mining facility in Corsicana, Texas, which added 3.1 exahashes per second (EH/s) to its capacity. This brought Riot’s total self-mining capacity to 14.7 EH/s, a 17% increase from the previous month.
The Corsicana facility currently operates at 100 megawatts (MW) and is set to scale up to 1 gigawatt (1,000 MW) once fully developed.
Expanding Hash Rate Capacity
Riot aims to boost its total hash rate capacity to 31 EH/s by the end of 2024 and 41 EH/s by 2025. To achieve this, the company has entered into a long-term master purchase agreement with MicroBT, initially ordering 33,280 miners for the new facility. These strategies are designed to ensure profitability, even during market downturns.
Power and Demand Response Credits
In addition to upgrading to more efficient mining equipment to reduce operational costs, Riot has implemented a new power strategy. Jason Les, CEO of Riot, explained, “Riot’s unique power strategy, which we typically employ most actively in the summer months, has already started to demonstrate significant results for this year, generating approximately $7.3 million in power and demand response credits in May.”
Summary Review: While the Bitcoin halving has posed challenges for Riot Platforms, the company’s strategic infrastructure investments and innovative power strategies are geared towards maintaining profitability and enhancing production capacity in the long term.
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